Conference and Meeting venues in Stirling

Despite being Scotland’s newest city, Stirling is also one of its most historic and is an exceptional destination for conferences, meetings and events.


With a glorious setting of mountains, rocky crags and the River Forth it is an ideal base for outdoor teambuilding events and corporate activities, while the small city blends heritage with contemporary culture to provide a diverse range of well-equipped conference venues experienced in hosting corporate events, conferences and weddings.

Stirling is easy to reach via the M9, via good rail links and via flights into Glasgow or Edinburgh airports for international conference delegates.

Stirling Castle perfectly exemplifies the area’s heritage and provides a striking historic venue for conferences, meetings and events, the splendid Great Hall being the largest banqueting suite in Scotland. The Albert Halls and The Tollbooth are centrally located arts and culture venues, each providing flexible conference, meeting and exhibition spaces, The Tollbooth for example having capacity for up to 166 delegates whilst The Albert Halls can accommodate up to 500 delegates for large corporate events. Viewforth, a civic venue, offers functional meeting rooms for small delegates groups, whilst modern sporting venue Forthbank Performance Sports Centre, run by Active Stirling, has 5 conference suites suited to meetings, conferences, training and teambuilding events. Stirling Management Centre is one of only 2 venues in Scotland awarded the Conference Centre of Excellence Award and boasts 34 meeting rooms ideal for conferences, exhibitions, training events, banquets and weddings. The Forsyth Business Centre also offers a versatile range of contemporary conference and meeting spaces, as does acclaimed academic venue the University of Stirling which has hosted events for the past 40 years and offers a varied selection of spaces including a 460 seat arts centre, a 350 seat theatre, conference suites, meeting rooms and exhibition spaces, all equipped with the latest technology. Historic venue and museum Smith Art Gallery is ideal for conferences and meetings for up to 100 delegates having a multi-purpose theatre and meeting room available. Stirling hotels include Glenbervie House, a charming 5 star country house hotel with elegant meeting and event spaces and Barcelo Stirling Highland Hotel, a remarkable historic venue offering majestic conference and banqueting facilities alongside an idyllic wedding venue. Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro is set within 10 acres with breathtaking views of the Trossachs and blends a country house hotel with contemporary style providing conference facilities for up to 600 delegates as well as teambuilding events.